Joe Biden to participate in G-20 summit, will follow Covid-19 guidelines during India visit

Washington: US President Joe Biden will follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines on COVID-19 during his upcoming trip to India and Vietnam. The White House made this announcement on Tuesday amid US President’s wife Jill Biden (72) being infected with the Corona virus. Joe Biden will leave for India on September 7 to participate in the G20 summit. He is scheduled to have a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of this historic conference on September 8. Thereafter, he will visit Vietnam to strengthen bilateral ties.

Jill Biden was confirmed to be infected with the Corona virus on Monday. After this, Biden (80) was also tested for Kovid-19 on Monday and Tuesday. However, the infection was not confirmed in the investigation report. The White House had said that the President has been tested for Covid twice and both the reports have not confirmed the infection, so there has been no change in his travel plans to India and Vietnam this week.

However, in response to a question, White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said the President is taking all necessary precautions and following standard procedure as per CDC guidelines. What I can tell you, Jean-Pierre said, is that the president will certainly continue to have regular checkups at intervals determined by his physician. He and his delegation will also get tested before leaving for India. I have already stated that the President is following the CDC guidelines on COVID-19.

Jean-Pierre said the CDC does not recommend daily testing, even if it comes in contact with an infected person. We’re going to follow the CDC’s guidelines. He recommends several precautionary measures, including wearing masks, getting tested at regular intervals, and monitoring for symptoms. He said that the President does not have any symptoms of Kovid-19. But we will continue to follow those guidelines. He will continue to consult his doctor regularly. Jean-Pierre said that whenever senior officials come in contact with the President, they get themselves tested for COVID-19.

He said that we keep on investigating. For the last almost two years, we have progressed like this. This process has not changed. There is not going to be any change in the protocol of the White House. When we come in contact with the President or his senior staff, we do get tested. Jean-Pierre clarified that there is no change in the President’s itinerary for the time being.

“All I can say right now is that we do not have any information about any change in his itinerary,” she said. The infection was not confirmed in the President’s test report yesterday. This morning also his test report has come back fine. There are no signs of infection in them. He is feeling fine. Jean-Pierre said that he (Biden) will of course be very cautious and wear a mask, as the CDC guidelines suggest. We do not have any update regarding the change in his itinerary.

India, as the chair of the G20, is hosting the annual summit of the influential grouping on September 9-10. Apart from Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are among the G20 leaders who attended the summit. You have confirmed your participation.

During the summit, Prime Minister Modi will hand over the G20 presidency to President Lula of Brazil on 10 September. Brazil will formally take over the presidency of the G20 on December 1. The G20 group includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union (EU). Are.